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Re: No-profit or no-sales option on commercial axis?

From: Evan Prodromou <evan AT bad.dynu.ca>
To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: No-profit or no-sales option on commercial axis?
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:46:54 -0500

On Wed, 2005-16-02 at 14:47 -0800, Jesse Roberge wrote:

GPL prohibits sales / direct profit making (members-only, etc.), but allows commercial use.

Wha...? No, that's not true at all! From section 1:

You may charge a fee for the physical act of transferring a copy, and you may at your option offer warranty protection in exchange for a fee.

Very, very many people make their living this way.

The NonCommercial license element, by the way, limits copyright-controlled uses (distribution, public performance) without limiting uses unrelated to copyright (learning something important to your business, having an attractive computer desktop background).

~Evan

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Evan Prodromou
evan AT bad.dynu.ca

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